Baby #3

Ok, we officially decided we are finding out the sex of the baby! As long as he/she cooperates we'll know on April 29th. On our way camping we happened to have one of those new tiny phone books in the jeep. Both of the boys had fallen asleep so I suggested names as I flipped through the phonebook. Honestly, I'm kind of expecting this to be a boy! It always has been. I will be very surprised if it's a girl. We'll be thrilled no matter what. I honestly would be okay with 3 boys or 2 boys and 1 girl. Honest! Oh, and I've felt flutterings for the last couple weeks! I kept telling myself there was no way this was the baby yet, that I was imagining things. BUT, at the dr appt they asked me and I told them what I just wrote and the nurse said "oh, with this being your 3rd you could definitely be feeling flutters by now!" So exciting!!

Boy names:
-Marshall Wade
-Ty (I just like Ty. Mom thought of Tyler Wade and call him Ty. Not sure if I want his name to be Tyler. No middle names we've thought of for just Ty yet.)
- Henley (Mom has already made her opinion clear here!! Plus we realized having a Finley & a Henley in the family is kind of dorky!! I still like it though!)
- Timothy Wade

Girl Names:
-Claire Ellen
-Lauren Claire

**We have a family name in each of the boys' names. I want this one to have a family or special friend name in it too. Wade and Claire are special friend names. Ellen in my mom's name! What name(s) do you like from these??

Season 3

The One with the Morning After

Okay, this epidsode is my favorite from Season 3. It starts out with a recap of the one where Ross and Rachel take a break. Rachel is frustrated with Ross because he is jealous of all the time she spends at work. In her frustration she says "maybe we should just take a break." Ross went out that night to a party and ended up bring the copy girl home. So, the episode starts with Ross in bed, under the covers. All the sudden he hears "good morning" and he sits up in bed with the covers still covering his face! It is hilarious. He remembers what happens and is upset. He listens to a message on his machine from Rachel saying she wants to get back together etc. Says she'll stop by on her way to work, which happens to be very soon. The copy girl is still there and Ross tries to hurry her out the door. When he opens the door Rachel is there and they hug and kiss. Ross is upset with himself and doesn't know what to do. He goes over to Joey and Chandler's to ask for advice. They tell him to never tell Rachel what he did. Then Joey asks him if he thought about the trail...which Ross doesn't even know about. They tell him the trail is from the girl Ross did it with to the girl he never wants to find out. So they figure out what the trail is and Ross runs all over town to stop the trail but he is too late. Gunther has already told Rachel and she is crushed. Meanwhile Monica and Phoebe are getting ready to be waxine girls with the new wax Monica ordered off an infomercial. They start to wax their legs and yell so loudly that Joey and Chandler run over to see what is wrong. While they are all in Monica's room, Rachel and Ross come home and fight for hours. Rachel keeps telling him it is over because she can't get over the fact that he was with another woman. Ross keeps begging for her to give him another chance. This goes on for hours while the rest of the friends are stuck in Monica's bedroom until after 3am. They are all hungry and have to eat the wax. The rest always makes me cry.

Rachel tells Ross she thinks this is it. He says I can't live without you. I can't live without these hands, your face, this heart, your good heart. They are both crying and it is so sweet. Ross says this can't be it, Rach and she says then how come it is??

It makes me cry every time. Do you remember this episode?

Camping Trip!

Here is the camper we used!

Two peas in a pod!

Hanging out around the fire on the first day.

We had a great time camping this past week. We went to our favorite spot with Danny, Steph & family and Uncle Bill. We had a nice campfire going the whole time we were awake! The weather was great (a little chilly) until Thursday morning when we were packing up. The kids had a great time being outside, hiking, and playing together. I'd say eating smores was a highlight too! We had good food and lots of fun! Enjoy the pictures!

Goin' exploring!

Man, the food you eat when you're camping sure tastes good! Luke gobbled up his green beans!

Ladies turn washing dishes!

We stopped for pizza at Miguel's on the way home.

Let's bring Silas home!!

**Silas is on the yellow toy! Isn't he cute?!**

The yard sale for the adoption was a HUGE success! Cara and Jason had tons of stuff to sell. So many family members and friends donated to the yard sale. They had a lot of stuff. Between yesterday and today they have raised somewhere over $1200. That is not the final total! Their goal was $1000 and they definitely passed that up. The tables were looking sparse when I left today around 1:45. The crowd that shopped today was so generous. Cara had made posters that were hanging all over with Silas' picture on them with things such as "100% of proceeds support my adoption" and "thank you for bringing me home to my forever family". People today were giving many dollars over their total to support the adoption. It was amazing! I was so impressed that strangers were so kind to people they did not even know. Madelyn had a bake sale and a lot of that sold today too. It was great! All the big stuff sold! I am so happy that they raised so much for the adoption. It was a lot of work, but I'm sure Cara would agree it was totally worth it!

Children's Museum

Spring Break Update

* National Board box has arrived and was checked into the system before we left for camping on Tuesday!
* Baby appointment was good. I went by myself and thankfully it was pretty quick. About an hour. Which is unfortunately a quick visit. All of which I saw the dr for about 5 minutes! Gained 1 more pound. Listened to heartbeat. Scheduled for my ultrasound April 29th!
* Camping was fun! We unfortunately woke up to rain on Thursday and it didn't stop. So we packed up in the rain. Not fun. We then went to eat pizza at Miguel's and then came home. More camping details and pictures later.
* My sister is having a HUGE yard sale adoption fundraiser today and tomorrow. I was there yesterday from 6-11pm helping. Plus we made dinner together. It was all set up when mom, Terry and I left. All the boys are still sleeping but I'm getting ready to head over and help.
* My house is a wreck! All the camping stuff is everywhere. I did clean the kitchen up this morning so I could go to Cara's all day without feeling too guilty about the house. I'll have all afternoon/evening to work here.

**Happy Birthday, Jason!!!**

Ahhh...this is the life!

I love Spring Break! Although, I will admit I was in a bit of a bad mood Sunday night and part of Monday. Why you ask? On a week off? Feeling like crap. But the second half of Monday, yes, even into the evil time of day (late afternoon/evening) I felt pretty good. I guess I don't know what it feels like to feel normal anymore. But I'll take pretty good. So yesterday I had my hair trimmed and highlighted, lunch at my grandparents, planned our camping menu, and started laundry. Then we took the boys to their first ever movie theater movie! We went to see Horton Hears a Who. It was cute! Wilson was in a trance stuffing his mouth with popcorn. Luke sat in Andy's lap the first half and switched to my lap the second half. It was fun. We wrapped up the kid evening with dinner and playing at Mcdonald's! Talk about Andy and I being awesome parents! Movie with popcorn and McDonald's with playland! We totally rock.
Today I have baby appointment #3. I've been to both of the others alone which is fine, just totally different from the first two pregnancies! I think Andy had missed 1 or maybe two appointments with Luke. None with Wilson. But, that's what happens with 2 kids! I don't want to parade in with the whole family for every appointment, that's for sure!! (Hi, yes, I'm here for my appointment. We don't have a baby-sitter or birth control. All said while smiling big so the lady doesn't think we're loony). All around the appointment we're getting ready for camping! I've planned the menu, still working on the laundry, made trail mix. Which I have been craving and wanting to make. Now I have my excuse. It has yogurt raisins, almonds, honey roasted peanuts, sesame sticks ( I LOVE these!), craisins, and M&M's. It is yummy. Wilson and I made it this morning. Then I made Andy's- honey roasted peanuts and m&m's. That's all he liked out of what I chose. He would want peanut butter M&M's, dried pineapple, pretzels. He does like the yogurt raisins I think, but they are all in the big bowl.
We're taking my grandparents old camper. Which I am excited about! I think it will make camping a little bit easier with the two boys. We're going with Danny, Steph, Meghan, Lily, Trey, and Uncle Bill. It will be fun!
Here is the menu:
Dinner #1- Marinated BBQ Chicken grilled over campfire, potato packets (potato slices, onions, butter, salt, pepper) all wrapped in foil and cooked over campfire, green beans, and french bread
Followed by smores later!
Breakfast #1- Pancakes, Sausage, Eggs, Hot Chocolate - It's gonna be cold!
Lunch #1- Sandwiches, chips, fruit
Dinner #2- Hot Dogs on campfire, mac & cheese, fruit
Follwed by smores later!
Breakfast #2- oatmeal, hot chocolate
We plan to hike! Play in the dirt! Sit around the campfire! Nap! Read! Enjoy the outside. I think I'm finally excited!
P.S. The National Board box should arrive to it's final destination today!